James houlehan



(NoM'odeL) J.H0 ULEHAN.

UNLOADING PLATFORM CARS.

No. 293,467. Patentedfeb. 12, 1884.

' numn B Zia I UNTTnn STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

JAMES HOULEHAN, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO RATHBUN FULLER, OF SAME PLACE.

UNLOADIN G PLATFORM-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,467, dated February 12, 1884,

Application filed December 14, 1883. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMns HOULEHAN, of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain Improvements in Devices for Unloading Platform-Oars, of which the following is a specification, reference being .had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention has reference to a machine or device for unloading gravel or other material from ordinary platform-cars, and is designed to accomplish the lklllOadillg of the whole contents or one-half of the contents of the car. The arrangement is such that the gravel or other material may by one adjustment be unloaded from both sides of the car simultane ously, onehalf being thrown to each side; or by another adjustment one half may be thrown from one side, the other half being retained 011 the car; or by a third adjustment the entire load may be thrown from the right side of the car, and by a fourth adjustment the whole load may be thrown from the left side of the car. In the accompanying drawings, forming a I part of this specification, Figures 1, 2, and 3 are plan views, illustrating my improved unloading device arranged in different positions on a platform-car. Fig. 4 is a side view, and Figs. 5 and 6 are front views, of my improved unloading device.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in the respective figures.

A is the central timber, running or extending longitudinally of the unloader and carrying at its upper side the transverse beams B, and onits under side suitable shoes shaped to fit over the rail E, secured on the car for guiding the unloader. To the transverse beams B are secured the side beams, C.

D is a nose-casting rigidly secured at the forward end of the central timber, A, of the unloader by any suitable means. The under side of the nose-casting D is grooved or shaped to fit over the rail E.

F F are the sides or wings of the unloader, constructed of metal or other material, and braced or re-enforced in any known manner. These sides or wings F F are hinged to the under or outer sides of the side beams, O, as

' shown at f, so that said wings can be readily detached from the beams O. r

The nosecasting D is made narrow, as shown, and provided with a hinge, Gr, having bolts 9 or other suitable connecting devices located on the lower forward end of each wing F.

As shown in Fig. 1, the forward movement of the device along the rail E effects the unloading of the entire contents of the car, onehalf being discharged from each side. The elevation of either of the wings F,-which is accomplished by hand, will adjust the unloader for discharging onehalf the load from one or the other side of the car, as the case may be.

To prepare for the removal of the whole load from one side of the car, as shown in Fig. 2, the wing at the left of Fig. 1 is moved pivotally on the hingeG to the position shown in Fig. 2, in which position the wing is rigidly retained by means of braces H, which connect the rear face of the wing with the beam 0 thereof. The other wing is adjusted in a similar way, to effect the discharge of the whole load from the other side of the car, as shown in Fig. 3. A triangular block, I, is placed in the opening or gap formed between the adjacent ends of the two wings when either one or the other is swung around. This triangular block is made to conform to the shape of the wings, and retained in position by suitable means. Thus it will be seen that my invention is capable of ready adjustment to effect the various discharging operations. r

This unloader is simple, strong, and effective in action.

I do not confine my invention to the particular mode of pivoting the wings herein described, nor to anyspecial mode of bracing. I claim as my invention 1. The combination, in an unloading device,

of one or more wings horizontally or laterally movable, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in an unloadingdevice, of one or more wings horizontally or laterally moving upon a pivot or pivots, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in an unloading device, of one or more horizontally or laterally moving wings pivoted at its or their forward ends, substantially as described.

4. The combination; in an unloading device, of one or more horizontally or laterally and vertically moving wings, substantially as described.

5. The combination, in an unloading device, of wings, one of which is adapted to be swung on a line with the other wing, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, in anunloadingdevice, of one or more horizontally or laterally moving wings and one or more braces, substair tially as described.

7. The combination, in an unloading device,

of wingsF Fand devices or connections for securing one of said wings on a line with the other wing, substantially as described.

8. The combination, in an unloading device, of one or more horizontally or laterally and Vertically moving wings and detachable connections permitting such movements of the wing or wings, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination, in an unloading device, of wings, one of which is adapted to swing on aline with the other wing, and a filling block or brace designed to be inserted between and brace the adjoining ends of the said wings, substantially as set forth.

10. The combination, in adevice for unloading, of a nose provided with ahinge, and wings pivoted thereto, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 24th day of November, A. D. 1883.

J AMES HOULEHAN.

lVitnesses:

R. XV. BARTON, M. C. FOGARTY. 

